MNF- Quick Thoughts wk1

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Tonight is one of the MOST important nights of the season for many fantasy football fans as multiple games are teetering in the balance , waiting for the outcome of the last game or games to be played. This one is supremely important to iCon Joe as I have long been professing my man love , my bro bond , my chauvinistic charm for Knowshon Moreno in a PPR setting.

What to look for tonight:

Miami vs New England:

NEW ENGLAND:

Brady to explode

Aaron Hernandez to improve his stock in all settings

Ocho is be average

Welker to get targetted and have a WR2 night

Gronkowski to score

The Law Firm to score

Woodhead to be sparingly used

Sleeper: Branch

MIAMI:

Marshall to be very good and targetted A LOT

Bush to have a nice game , up his stock then limp off the field in the 4th

Daniel Thomas to look horrible ,  but have a sneaky decent stat line (Edit INACTIVE)

Hartline to get some catches

Bess to be boring

Sleeper: Hartline

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OAKLAND vs DENVER

Oakland

Campbell to become relevant this season

Mcfadden to dominate

Ford to be involved and involved often becoming a solid flex play for next week

Michael Bush to score

Sleeper: Ford

Denver

Orton to throw 3 tds

1 of them to Moreno

Moreno to be on display looking faster and shiftier and more elusive

Mcgahee to look powerful and become a menace for opposing teams on the goalline

Lloyd to be targetted and make a spectacular catch

Decker to look like he belongs on fantasy rosters

Sleeper: Eric Decker

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Thats all for now!

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Bump and Run: iCon Joe vs Ryan Horne – week 1

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Every week I will be going 1on1 with Ryan Horne, writer of Horne’s Corner and icon fantasy sports correspondent. This week we discussed his support for Michael Turner , my man-crush on Knowshon Moreno and his defense of fantasy disappointments Zach Miller and Braylon Edwards.

For discussion purposes, I will be known as iCon while Ryan will be known as HC:

And now for  the Bump and Run:

HC: You’re high on Knowshon Moreno this weekend, ranking him ahead of some pretty good options at RB, why do you see him breaking out to such a big-time start?

iCon: Moreno came into camp with a chip on his shoulder.  The addition of John Fox and his running scheme can only help Moreno as a runner to couple with his elite receiving skills out of the backfield. Willis may vulture the TDs, but Moreno will still score, the Raiders have a porous run defense that was gashed for 4.5 yards per carry, while their pass defense was very good last year, they lost Asomugha which hurts the entire defense as a whole. With Fox playing the hot hand I am expecting Moreno’s shifty moves to be on display for the country to see. It is Moreno’s time to put up or shut up. And week 1 vs a bad run defense is the perfect seasonal springboard matchup for a young guy looking to realize his potential. I am all in on Moreno in PPR.

Expert League write up and Power Rankings

I was asked by Mr. Jeff Paur at Rtsports to take a look at the expert league we drafted last monday and give a bit of insight into a few players I drafted , why I drafted them and my analysis of those players going forward. Rather than do the write for him and just send it to him I figured I would throw together a quick blog with those thoughts as maybe it will provide some insight to you , the reader and drafter , when making a critical decision on a certain player going forward in any drafts you have left this summer.

My thoughts on a few of my picks: